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Karl Marx is back in fashion, says one German publisher, who attributes his new popularity to the economic crisis.
Publisher Karl-Dietz said it sold 1,500 copies of Das Kapital this year - up from the 200 it usually sells annually.
Written in 1867, sales of the tome rarely hit double digits but have been on the rise since 2005.
Marxist economic philosophy - and in particular its Russian Leninist version - fell out of favour with the collapse of the Soviet Union in the late 1980s.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7679758.stm
kerrin
10-29-2008, 06:23 PM
Karl Marx is back in fashion, says one German publisher...
Nuf' said. Not worth listening too. Germany is still looking for relevancy after all these years. Give it up guys you make good beer, you're cool with me, granted not as good as some other countries but still drinkable unlike the Frenchies. ;)
Seriously, It is troubling that many intelligent people find his philosophies good economically. I worry that the ignorant electorate won't also find them popular. What says you?
Seriously, It is troubling that many intelligent people find his philosophies good economical. I worry that the ignorant electorate won't also find them popular. What says you?
I say to each his/her own. I can't force people to recognize that their beliefs are invalid or "wrong." I can only share my beliefs and the reasoning behind my beliefs and hope they understand why they may or may not be wrong.
kerrin
10-30-2008, 08:01 AM
I say to each his/her own. I can't force people to recognize that their beliefs are invalid or "wrong." I can only share my beliefs and the reasoning behind my beliefs and hope they understand why they may or may not be wrong.
You're so tolerant. ;)
You're so tolerant. ;)
Not really. ;)
kerrin
10-30-2008, 08:33 PM
Not really. ;)
What difficulty living out the reality of your "to each his/her own" mantra? ;)
What difficulty living out the reality of your "to each his/her own" mantra? ;)
That is not something I'd openly display on a forum. :o
kerrin
10-31-2008, 02:18 PM
That is not something I'd openly display on a forum. :o
Oh, come on it'd be more fun. You have my permission to unload on me anytime! :)
Oh, come on it'd be more fun. You have my permission to unload on me anytime! :)
You find a way to work your request into a topic pertinent to individualism, and we'll see. ;)
John A Roark
12-04-2008, 06:50 AM
Marx, that tired, turgid, pompous old fraud...he's back! Three cheers for idiocy and robbery!
HIP, HIP, HOO...barf.
Marx appeals to the egalitarian in all of us, but those of us who are either too honest or too intelligent to live a life of calculated LAZINESS, spending our precious time and capital wishing we could get the free lunch (TANSTAAFL!) instead of working for it, reject him for the clown he is.
(Economist, my ass! He didn't even have a handle on political reality...)
Tocqueville observed very correctly that our great experiment in democracy will work wonderfully until the unwashed masses learn that they can vote themselves bread and circuses...and Marx is their perfect vehicle for sponging off the producers with a self-perceived form of legitimacy.
Rand and Heinlein said all there needs to be said about that idiot.
kerrin
12-09-2008, 07:35 PM
Marx appeals to the egalitarian in all of us
Mine is nowhere to be found. Help... I've lost my inner-egalitarian!
John A Roark
12-10-2008, 09:51 AM
Aw, you know, the whole 'All men are created equal' thing?
Which isn't true so far as talent and ability are concerned, just availability of opportunity, meaning, "How much hustle you got, boy?"
People want their equality handed to them without effort.
(And anybody who says, "I'm as good as you are!" doesn't really think they are or they would feel no need to say it, they'd just go prove it)
kerrin
12-10-2008, 09:37 PM
Preaching to the choir, again. I've still lost my inner-egalitarian.